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Topic: Can linux mce do all this? (Read 3769 times)

Ok I like downloading lots of media via torrent such as albums and tv shows. Anyways right now I download them all on my desktop computer and then if its a dvd I burn it and than play on dvd player connected to dvd, and if its a divx file I burn a cd of that and it can play on my dvd player which has divx support. But say I wanted to make things easier, is there any software that will do this:

Basically I want to have a small computer sitting next to my big TV where I can use the tv to:

1. Surf the web2. Be able to connect to the internet and browse sites and download media such as movies and music albums3. Be able to pop a dvd/audio cd and have it rip it and store it and be able to play it back4. Be able to pop in a media card, mmc, sd, and rest, and be able to browse pictures

Better yet, what hardware other than a normal computer do I need and what specs are acceptable? I am not trying to spend a lot of money, just enough to get the media center functioning w/o any problems.

Ok I like downloading lots of media via torrent such as albums and tv shows. Anyways right now I download them all on my desktop computer and then if its a dvd I burn it and than play on dvd player connected to dvd, and if its a divx file I burn a cd of that and it can play on my dvd player which has divx support. But say I wanted to make things easier, is there any software that will do this:

Basically I want to have a small computer sitting next to my big TV where I can use the tv to:

1. Surf the web2. Be able to connect to the internet and browse sites and download media such as movies and music albums3. Be able to pop a dvd/audio cd and have it rip it and store it and be able to play it back4. Be able to pop in a media card, mmc, sd, and rest, and be able to browse pictures

How much would a computer also cost in able to do these things?

You don't really need anything other than a regular PC to do all that.

No, no, I'm just saying that's what's DEFINATLY required. The video card/CPU/motherboard/RAM/case/fans/cables etc are all in a normal PC. If you don't want to do video capturing, you don't need a tuner card.

If you want to connect the computer to the tv, you will probably need a graphics card with a s-vhs or composite out connector in the back. If you have big flat tv or a projector, you can probably use the VGA or DVI connector on the video card. Nvidia cards have better support for linux.

And I don't think of why you should need two network cards, probably some typo from previous poster.

You use two ethernet cards to exploit the Firewall/DHCP server and Plug and Play setup features. Its possible to set it up with one but you lose the other features unless you use a specific configuration-

1) The DHCP server in your existing router/firewall must be disabled.2) The core needs a fixed IP address and to be the DHCP server in another address block (e.g. fixed IP for the router is 192.168.0.1 (e.g.D-Link) Core IP is set to 192.168.0.2. Core offers DHCP addresses in 192.168.80.nnn range).

I use this and it works but with Ubuntu getting Ubuntu's configuration to synchronize with LinuxMCE is not obvious.

I am aware that if you are going for an all-singing-all-dancing config, you need 2 ethernet cards for the firewall, however the answers to the questions posed seemed (to some) to suggest that 2 were needed for simple web browsing etc. This isn't the case.